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- Plato (one of the greatest philosophers and thinkers of Western culture)

After reorganizing his army, Juguda did not do anything to Bahano, but appointed Bahano as the governor of the Sahara province of the Sahara Kingdom; Such an outcome is not necessarily a bad thing for Bachano.

Bajano was a man without ambition, and his ability to sit in the position of king was only due to changes in current events; He has neither the ability nor the ambition to be a king, and is not a qualified king at all.

Rather than being threatened in the position of king, it is better to put it all down and be a high and comforting governor. After this sneak attack by Juguda's army, Bahano had no attachment to the king's power; He gladly accepted Juguda's arrangement, and then immediately set off for Nepte in the Sahara province.

In fact, Juguda's arrangement for Bahano was also well thought out; After all, Bajano was the king of the so-called Kingdom of Gaturia, and he still had influence over the Gaturia region, plus more than half of Jugurda's army was a Gaturian army, and it was impossible for Jugurda to do anything to Bajano in order to stabilize these soldiers.

However, if Bahano is left unattended by Dimidi, then it is also a potential threat to his own rule; So, after careful consideration, Juguda decided to reuse the Bahano in exchange for the stability of the Gaturia region and the support of the army.

Of course, the reuse of Zhuguda is not really reuse, but just a gesture for the world to see; The Sahara Province, as the only province of the Sahara Kingdom, was ruled by the Jugurdah family for hundreds of years. Having Bajano as governor of the Sahara was nothing more than a gesture; It seems to be reused, but in fact it has no power.

After solving the problem of Bahano, Juguda will begin to solve the problem of Salah's legion; As a veteran legion of the former Numidian Kingdom, the combat effectiveness of the Salah Legion is naturally beyond doubt. Coupled with the fact that the legion had never suffered heavy losses, Salah himself was one of the famous Numidian generals; The combat effectiveness of this legion is still quite strong.

On the contrary, the army under Juguda had no advantage at all in these respects; After the reorganization, Zhu Guda had an elite javelin cavalry of 5,000 people, which was also the most elite 5,000 soldiers in the 25,000 army under Zhu Guda's command.

In addition to this Guards Legion, the other 20,000 troops under the command of Juguda were organized into two legions; Of these, a cavalry regiment with five thousand javelins and an infantry regiment with fifteen thousand javelin infantry.

The barrenness of the Saharan Kingdom and the backwardness of the Kingdom of Gaturia led to the fact that the 25,000-strong army had no decent weapons and equipment at all; The soldiers could only arm themselves with the most rudimentary weapons, and there was no armor at all. If not, there are many nomads and a large number of war horses in North Africa; Jugurdah's army could not even have cavalry!

In comparison, the soldiers of Salah's army are much happier; Of the 15,000 cavalry of Salah's legion, there were 10,000 cavalry, consisting of 6,000 Numidian javelin cavalry and 4,000 more elite Numidian camel cavalry, and 5,000 infantry, consisting of 3,000 desert infantry and 2,000 Numidian infantry.

From the perspective of weapons and equipment alone, the difference in strength between the two sides can be called a huge disparity; You must know that the weapons and equipment of the Salah Legion are not ordinary equipment produced by the Kingdom of Numidia, but an improved version of the Numidian standard weapons and equipment provided by the Augustus family, which has more offensive and defensive properties than the original.

Such an army is not something that Juguda can deal with in his opinion; Therefore, after taking Gaturia, Jugurdah immediately sent an envoy to the Carthaginian kingdom and invited the Carthaginian kingdom to deal with the Salah army from afar!

In Jugurdah's words, it was he who discovered that the Kingdom of Gaturia wanted to follow Ahmet's example and return to the banner of the Kingdom of Numidia; Therefore, he sent troops to the Kingdom of Gaturia in time, in order to help the Kingdom of Carthage solve its worries.

Now, the kingdom of Gaturia has been occupied by him; But the menacing Salah army was not something he could reach. If Salah's legions had defeated his army, a new kingdom of Numidia would have regained its footing on the North African continent; This is a consequence that is impossible for all to accept.

Therefore, he solemnly pleaded with the Senate of the Carthaginian kingdom for support; It is hoped that the garrison of the Kingdom of Carthage in Tripoli can join forces with his army and confront Saleh's legions to ensure that Saleh's legions cannot take Gaturia!

At the same time as sending the envoys, Juguda also personally led his own guards and infantry corps, totaling 20,000 troops, and set out in the direction of Saleh; Jugurdah believed that the Kingdom of Carthage would not sit idly by and watch itself be defeated by Saleh, and that this time the troops would not really break out into battle, and it was likely that they would still be caught in a tense confrontation.

In fact, Jugudah's predictions were extremely accurate; After Saleh entered the territory of Gaturia, he received information that Jugurdah had led his army to take the Kingdom of Gaturia. In Salah's view, Jugurdah was absolutely acting on the orders of the Carthaginian kingdom; Then, once your own army penetrates, you may be attacked from both sides by the Jugurdag army and the Carthaginian army!

Based on this judgment, Salah did not blindly continue the march, but ordered his army to stop the march and immediately sent cavalry to report the situation to Prince Adheba in the rear, waiting for further instructions from Prince Adheba.

When Juguda led an army of 20,000 men to a place less than ten miles from Salah's legion, the two sides were stationed near a large oasis and confronted each other; Salah's army was only on sufficient alert and had no intention of attacking, and it was even more unlikely that Juguda would take his eggs and collide with Salah's stones.

At this time, the combined legions under Adheba, which were already the Amikas legions and the Kelimis legions of the Carthaginian kingdom, were in a confrontation; Although the strength of both sides was 20,000, the Carthaginian army was superior to the combat experience, while the soldiers of the combined army were superior to the advanced weapons and equipment, and the two sides faced off in the border area, and no one dared to act rashly.

It's just that, on the whole, it is the Carthaginian kingdom that occupies a certain advantage; Because there are no reinforcements in the rear of the combined army, there is no longer a single reinforcement under the command of Prince Adheba, and the rear of the army of the Kingdom of Carthage is supported by Vimyna's 14,000 troops, and the strategic advantage is very strong.

And this was only a confrontation between the two sides on the border between the provinces of Africa and Numidia, in the southeastern part of the province of Numidia, that is, adjacent to the province of Baisasion, the kingdom of Carthage; The Ahmet Legion under Prince Adheba and the Abydos Legion of the Kingdom of Carthage are also in a tense confrontation.

It's just that in the confrontation in this direction, it is the Ahmad army under Prince Adheba who has an absolute advantage; Because the Ahmet Legion has a full 15,000 veterans of a hundred battles, both in terms of weapons and combat experience, it can be called one of the best elites in the entire North African continent, while the Abydos Legion has only 7,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry.

Of course, this is only a superficial phenomenon; At this time, Hanno the Younger, who was the governor of Baisasian, also secretly formed an army of his own with the support of the Augustus family. Although the size of this army was not large, only 3,000 people; However, it has the best weapons and equipment, and a large number of legion commanders from the House of Augustus.

If Ahmet's army had indeed defeated the army of Abydos, Hanno the Younger's private army would have been able to fight in time to prevent Baisasian from falling into Ahmet's hands.

The confrontation in these two directions is the two most critical confrontation points between the Kingdom of Carthage and Adheba; Upon receiving Djugdah's request for help, the Carthaginian Senate immediately ordered General Gisken, who was stationed at the Great Leptis, to lead his 10,000-man cavalry corps to the aid of Djugurdah to prevent Salah's legion from taking Gaturia.

At the same time, the armies of the Shimika and Shimiko brothers were all transferred to the eastern border of Tripoli, and the western border was completely handed over to the cavalry corps of Gisken and the friendly forces of Juguda.

On the fourth day of the confrontation with Saleh's corps led by Djuguda, Gisken led his army to the place of confrontation; However, instead of leading his army to join Juguda's army, Gisken found a large oasis on the other side of the confrontation between the two armies and settled down.

In this way, a relatively stable confrontation formation has been formed between the three armies; At this time, Prince Adheba's reply to Salah also reached Salah's military camp. Prince Adheba also understood that Salah was not easy, so he not only ordered Salah to continue the confrontation with the Juguda army, but also sent 500 reinforcements to Salah!

Five hundred reinforcements have no effect on the current confrontation situation at all; But these 500 soldiers are the personal guards of Prince Adheba himself, and the significance they represent is extraordinary. Salah also knows that this is Prince Adheba's trust in him, and it is also a manifestation of Prince Adheba's helplessness; He understands Prince Adheba's difficulties and will continue to confront him.

At this time, except for the kingdom of Libya at the eastern end of the North African continent, which was calm and quiet, the land of North Africa was already in chaos; Needless to say, the kingdom of Cyrenaica, the contradictions between the north and the south have already spoken with the army. Between the Moffett rebels in the south and the royal army in the north, war was on the verge of breaking out.

All the armies of the three provinces of the Kingdom of Carthage have been mobilized, and the forces of Prince Adheba have also been moved; The Jugurdah forces seem to be on the side of the Carthaginian kingdom, but in fact they are not helping each other and maintaining a neutral posture. As these military confrontations unfolded, the situation on the North African continent became a powder keg that was about to explode. (To be continued.) )